What is the electrification target at COP31 and can countries meet it?Tue, 10 Nov 2026 14:49:19 +0000 The world will need to quadruple its pace on electrification to meet the target being pushed by the COP31 presidency this week, but increasingly affordable renewable energy could put the goal within reach | |
A science fiction novel has finally won the Booker prize. It’s about timeTue, 10 Nov 2026 13:48:32 +0000 The literary world has long been reluctant to allow science fiction works into the starry ranks of literary fiction. Will M. John Harrison’s landmark win for The End of Everything finally change that? | |
Newly described insect may live its whole life on a spider’s webTue, 10 Nov 2026 10:00:00 +0000 A species of “web-loving bug” from China lives on a spider's web and seems to follow its arachnid host around. The insect may be too small for the spider to bother attacking | |
How neutrinos are beginning to reveal the secrets of our galaxyTue, 10 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Columnist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein says understanding neutrinos is one of the most pressing scientific issues in physics. She shares the latest neutrino discoveries that are exciting her and that could bring us new insights about the galactic centre | |
Global carbon emissions set to fall in 2026 due to Iran energy shockTue, 10 Nov 2026 01:00:00 +0000 Carbon dioxide emissions are projected to fall 0.4 per cent this year, driven in part by higher oil prices resulting from disruption to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz | |
Cold therapy may be worse than doing nothing for post-exercise recoveryMon, 09 Nov 2026 19:00:00 +0000 Many are convinced that ice baths or cold showers are an effective way to speed recovery after exercise, but a study finds that cold therapy may actually have the opposite effect | |
A true paleo diet would include a lot more insectsMon, 09 Nov 2026 18:00:00 +0000 When we talk about prehistoric foods, we often focus on meat or perhaps cereal grains. But columnist Michael Marshall finds that ancient humans may have dined on more insects than we previously thought | |
X chromosome gene may reduce autism rates in women and girlsMon, 09 Nov 2026 17:00:00 +0000 A gene called ZFX exerts powerful effects on an entire network of genes linked to autism, which may help explain why the condition is less common in females | |
Is Schrödinger’s cat both dead and alive? No, it’s just haunted by its pastMon, 09 Nov 2026 16:00:00 +0000 A radical new approach suggests some of quantum theory’s most bizarre and inexplicable effects might be down to physics failing to account properly for time | |
Prehistoric Britons may have made giant stone axes to show offMon, 09 Nov 2026 15:00:00 +0000 Unusually large handaxes weighing up to 3 kilograms have puzzled archaeologists because they are so unwieldy, but their function may have been purely symbolic | |